Focus on Competition - 2003/05

on the form clearly indicate this.
Another problem is from those running
large-scale fly-ins. You may not use
“IMAA” as a size requirement unless you
sanction your event with IMAA as well.
You may indicate that you require the
aircraft to be 80 inches in wingspan for
monoplanes or 60 inches in wingspan for
biplanes. You just cannot use “IMAA” or
“International Miniature Aircraft
Association” without sanctioning with
IMAA first.
If you are running a “rule book” event
and wish to deviate from the published
rules, you will need to indicate what the
deviation is on your sanction application.
Deviations must be approved by me to be
allowed. If I’m unfamiliar with the event
I’ll normally talk to the Contest Board
chairman to get his input on the matter
before I make a decision. Again, the point
is, you must put this information on the
Sanction Application in the appropriate
space.
The second page of the Sanction
Application is for you to describe your
event. We use this data to create your
magazine listing and Web calendar listing.
If you leave this blank, your information
will be minimal at best. We simply cannot
take the time to call every CD who leaves
this information out.
One last thing: the backside of the
application must be signed by the CD,
even if your event is not a rule-book
event. If it is a rule-book event, be sure to
indicate what events you are running on
this side of the application.
Well that’s about it for this month. I hope
you are making plans to join us for AMA
Homecoming June 6-8 and have gotten
your Nationals entries in. It’s going to be a
great summer!
’Til next time … MA
F o c u s o n C o m p e t i t i o n
156 MODEL AVIATION
Technical
Director
Steve
Kaluf
[email protected]
THE MODEL AVIATION staff is telling
me I’m way past deadline for this column,
and if they don’t get it (the column) “right
now,” it will have to run next month. So
here is the most important stuff for this
month!
Cross Proposals to the current crop of
Basic Rules Change Proposals are due at
HQ by a postmark deadline of July 15,
2003. Remember, a Cross Proposal may
not change the intent of the original
proposal; it may only alter the proposal to
make the proposal better. The July issue of
Model Aviation will give you the vote
results from the initial ballot of all Basic
Rules Change Proposals.
N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s U p d a t e
FEBRUARY 2003
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
A2 Glider
Sr. Dallas Parker
29:42 01/18/03
F1H A1 Glider
Sr. Dallas Parker
25:44 01/19/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CATEGORY I
Class 102 - 103C
Op. John Finn
10:44 12/14/02
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CATEGORY II
C Gas
Op. Daryl Perkins
59:45 01/19/03
This has been an interesting start to this
rules change cycle. We have a lot of new
Contest Board members; most of these
hardworking volunteers have no previous
Contest Board experience and the learning
curve has been a bit steep.
However, the good news is that these
new folks are active in the events they
represent. This should prove to give you
much better representation for your events.
Remember, if you have comments about
proposals prior to voting taking place you
should contact your district Contest Board
member for that event. Do not send your
comments to HQ; this is an extra step that
only delays things. Contest Board
members are published monthly in the
“Competition Directory” of Model
Aviation.
Contest Directors (CDs) Please Take
Note: Even with the implementation of the
new “Sanction Application Form” and all
its associated instructions, we are still
getting the application incorrectly filled
out.
Remember, this form tells the contest
coordinator and us how you plan to
conduct your event and provides the
information for your listing in the
magazine and on the AMA Web site. If
this information is wrong or incomplete, it
will either delay processing of your
application or result in incorrect/
incomplete information being published.
A couple of errors and omissions
constantly crop up. One is event
classification for a “C” or “C-restricted”
event. An event that is, say, for jets only is
not a restricted event. You do not restrict
an event based on the type of aircraft
flown. A restriction is only used to define
who may fly in the event. This would be
used for an invitational event or an event in
which perhaps only a certain club or region
was invited to participate. The instructions
Key Dates
(Events attended by AMA HQ staff
and/or officers)
April 23 - 27
Top Gun 2003
Lakeland FL
May 28 - June 1
Indoor National
Aeromodeling
Championships
Johnson City TN
June 6 - 8
AMA Homecoming
Muncie IN
June 27 - August 1
Outdoor National
Aeromodeling
Championships
Muncie IN